Means for attaching tassels



(No Model) B. L. GILES. MEANS FOR ATTAGHING TASSELS, BULLS, &c T0 GORDS.No. 301,492.

Patented JulyS, .1884.

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UNITED STATE PATENT rrrce.

EDWIN L. GILES, OF LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS.

MEANS FOR ATTACHlNG TASSELS, PULLS, 8oQ.,TO CORDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 301,492, dated July 8,1884.

Application filed December 4. 1883.

To (LZZ whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, EDWIN L. GILEs,'of the city of Lowell, in the-countyof Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Cord Attachments, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention consists in a means of connecting tasscls, pulls, or otherattachment to cords, whereby the connection of the two is facilitatedand strengthened and rendered more stable than those usually employed.The connection in some of its different forms and connections isillustrated in the drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a sectional view of acord and pull andconneeting device. Fig. 2 is a section of the pulldetached. Fi g. 3 is a sectional View, showing theattachment applied forse curing the catch-hook of a railwaysignal cord. Fig. iillustrates thedevice as applied to connecting a cord to a tassel, and Figs. 5 and 6illustrate different forms of connecting device.

It is common, in seeuringpulls, tassels, 81-0., to cords, to pass thelatter through openings in the former, and then knot the cord to preventit from pulling through. The knot is not only objectionable because itis sometimes in the way of other connections, as in the case of arailway-signal. cord, but works against the bearing and rapidly wears,so that the attachmcntsoon becomes disconnected from the cord.Transverse pins have also been driven through the pulls, or throughholes drilled in the attachment; but this connection is objectionablebecause of the frequent splitting of wood,whcn the latter isused, or thedifficulty in removingthe rivet. I obviate these objections by means ofa connecting device consisting of a transverse wire, a, adapted to bepassed through the cord, and bent to form shoulders and ears e, wherebythe same is held in position in the cord and the bearing so (No model.)

cured at some point upon the pull, hook, or other attachment. In makingthe connection the wire is passed transversely through the cord B, atsome distance from its end, either before or after the cord isintroduced into the opening in the pull, and the cord is then drawnthrough said opening until the cars 6 strike the end of the pull orenter notches 6t, formed therein for their reception. Vhen the cord isstrong and compact, the ears may be nearly on a line with the body ofthe connection, as

shown in Fig. 6, and the same may be arranged near the end of the cord,as shown in Fig. 4; but when the cord is loose and the strands willseparate readily, the connection should be more in the form of a yoke;as shown in Fig. 5, and should be passed through the cord at a greaterdistance from the end, as shown in Fig. 1.

The Wire of which the connection is made may be round or fiat and of anysuitable size and material.

I claim- '1. An attachment for connecting cords to tassels, pulls, andother like articles, consisting of a wire bent to form a body portion,a, and lateral ears 0, and intermediate shoulders, substantially as setforth.

2. The combination of a tassel, pull, or other like attachment, a cordextending through an opening in said attachment, anda connecting deviceconsisting of a wire extending transversely through the cord and bent toform lat eral ears having their bearing upon the attachment,substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof Ihave signed my name to this specificati on in'thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

EDiVIN L. GILES.

\Vitnesses:

Asa G. CHARLES, EUGENE F. ENDICOTT.

